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1958 Ferrari 250 GT Cabriolet

  • Designed by Pininfarina
  • Chassis Number: 0759 GT
  • Engine Number: 0759 GT
Before Ferrari introduced its 250 GT California it produced a Cabriolet that would help its successor become the icon that it would. Sporty for sure, the Series 1 Cabriolet would also boast of elegant and refined lines that not only made it aggressive, but evocatively beautiful at the same time.

Only the eighth of around 40 to be built in total, chassis 0759 GT would be delivered to Pinin Farina in early September of 1957. Completed a few weeks later, the car would end up on display at the Salone dell'Automobile toward the end of October. This show would take place in Turin at the Valentino Park exhibition hall. It would be a fitting backdrop for this elegant sportscar given the park had hosted some non-championship grand prix races in the years immediately following the Second World War and into the early 1950s.

Following the event 0759 GT would find its way to its first owner. This required a trip across the Atlantic to Venezuela. Arriving in January of 1958, the Ferrari would make its way to Carlo Kauffman, the Venezuelan Ferrari importer based in Caracas. The car would remain with Kauffman's dealership through the next handful of months and would even be included in the 1959 Ferrari Yearbook. At the time of delivery to Venezuela that would be adorned in green with its rich leather interior.

Given the oil boom within the country, Kauffman would have no trouble finding interested buyers for the Series 1 Cabriolet. This would include Luiz Perez Dupuy and his wife Carmen Pietri, and then, Senor Gustavo Guttierez.

Guttierez would be serious about is intent to own the car as he would keep the Ferrari within his possession until 1986. At the time he would make the car available for sale again the car's livery would be changed from its original green to a red. This suited its next owner just fine. In 1991, Fabrizio Violati would come to own 0759 GT and the car would then take up residence within his famous Collezione Maranello Rosso display in San Marino.

While part of the exhibit, 0759 GT would undergo restoration efforts. These would include a hand-built hardtop that would be finished in white to match the refinishing that would take place on the rest of the car.

A truly magnificent moment would come some time later when the car would be fired up. It would actually be a long time since the engine had actually run, and therefore, would have been a truly special moment within the extensive history of the 250 GT Cabriolet.


Retaining its white livery, 0759 GT remains a highly original and emblematic Series 1 Cabriolet. The 1958 Turin Show car and eighth of just 40, there is absolutely no denying the importance of this cabriolet within Ferrari's history and the legacy of the 250 GT.

Offered through Bonham's Quail Lodge auction held in California in August of 2014, the 1958 Ferrari 250 GT Series 1 Cabriolet would end up selling for $6,820,000.

By Jeremy McMullen

2014 Bonhams Quail Lodge Auction

Sale Price :
USD $6,820,000

1958 Ferrari 250 GT Auction Sales

Recent Sales of the Ferrari 250 GT

(Data based on Model Year 1958 sales)
1958 Ferrari 250 GT LWB Berlinetta
Chassis#: 0885GT
Sold for USD$885,000
  2022 Worldwide Auctioneers : The Auburn Auction
 
1958 Ferrari 250 GT Cabriolet Series I by Pinin Farina
Chassis#: 0963 GT
Sold for USD$6,825,000
  2022 RM Sothebys : Monterey
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1958 Ferrari 250 GT Cabriolet Series I by Pinin Farina
Chassis#: 0849 GT
Sold for USD$5,002,319
  2021 RM Sothebys : The Guikas Collection
 
1958 Ferrari 250 GT Series I Cabriolet
Chassis#: 1075 GT
Sold for USD$4,405,000
  2021 Gooding & Company : Pebble Beach Concours Auction
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1958 FERRARI 250 GT COUPE
Chassis#: 1007 GT
Sold for USD$456,000
  2020 Bonhams : Quail Motorcar Auction
 
1958 Ferrari 250 GT Series I Cabriolet
Chassis#: 0789 GT
Sold for USD$6,800,000
  2019 Gooding & Company : Pebble Beach
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1958 Ferrari 250 GT Cabriolet Series I by Pinin Farina
Chassis#: 0791 GT
Sold for USD$5,679,619
  2017 RM Sothebys : Ferrari - Leggenda e Passione
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1958 Ferrari 250GT PF Coupe Rebodied as a LWF California Spyder
Sold for USD$704,667
  2017 H & H Auctions - Imperial War Museum-Duxford
 
1958 Ferrari 250 GT coupé Pinin Farina
Chassis#: 1023 GT
Sold for USD$587,298
  2016 Rétromobile 2016 by Artcurial Motorcars
 
1958 Ferrari 250 GT Cabriolet Series I by Pinin Farina
Chassis#: 0791 GT
Sold for USD$5,720,000
  2015 RM Sotheby's NY Auction : Driven By Distruption
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1958 Ferrari 250GT Coupé
Chassis#: 0947GT
Sold for USD$616,584
  2015 Bonhams : Les Grandes Marques du Monde au Grand Palais
 
1958 Ferrari 250 GT Coupé by Pinin Farina
Chassis#: 0953 GT
Sold for USD$664,100
  2015 RM Auctions - Paris
 
1958 FERRARI 250 GT SERIES 1 CABRIOLET
Chassis#: 0759 GT
Sold for USD$6,820,000
  2014 Bonhams Quail Lodge Auction
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1958 Ferrari 250 GT Series 1 Cabriolet
Chassis#: 0791 GT
Sold for USD$6,160,000
  2014 Gooding & Company - The Scottsdale Auction
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1958 FERRARI 250 GT COUPE PININ FARINA
Chassis#: 1023 GT
Sold for USD$445,998
  2013 Artcurial - Automobiles Sur Les Champs 5
 
1958 Ferrari 250 GT Coupe Speciale
Chassis#: 1187 GT
Sold for USD$2,365,000
  2013 Gooding and Company - The Scottsdale Auction
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1958 Ferrari 250 GT Coupé
Chassis#: 01632
Sold for USD$373,674
  2012 RM Auctions - London
 
1958 Ferrari 250 GT Coupé by Pinin Farina
Chassis#: 1233GT
Sold for USD$318,326
  2012 RM Auctions at Monaco
 
1958 Ferrari 250GT Series I Cabriolet
Chassis#: 0979 GT
Sold for USD$1,622,500
  2010 RM Auctions - Sports & Classics of Monterey
 
1958 Ferrari 250 GT
Chassis#: 0831
Sold for USD$465,806
  2009 Coys Auction - Auto Moto D‘Epoca - Padova
 

Ferrari 250 GTs That Failed To Sell At Auction

1958 Ferrari 250 GT's that have appeared at auction but did not sell.
VehicleChassisEventHigh BidEst. LowEst. High
1958 Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta0947GT2023 Bonhams : Goodwood Revival $340,000$380,000
1958 Ferrari 250 GT0885gt2023 Mecum : Monterey$650,000  
1958 FERRARI 250GT BERLINETTA0947GT2021 Bonhams : Goodwood Revival : Collectors Motor Cars and Automobilia $350,000$450,000
1958 FERRARI 250 GT COUPÉ0959 GT2021 Bonhams : Goodwood Revival : Collectors Motor Cars and Automobilia $250,000$300,000
1958 FERRARI 250 GT SERIES I COUPÉ1201GT2020 Bonhams : The Zoute Sale $390,000$470,000
1958 Ferrari 250 GT coupé Pinin Farina1201GT2020 Artcurial Motorcars : Monaco $450,000$550,000
1958 Ferrari 250 GT Cabriolet Series I by Pinin Farina0913 GT2020 RM Sothebys : Scottsdale Arizona $6,000,000$7,000,000
1958 Ferrari 250 GT Pininfarina Speciale Coupe1007GT2019 Mecum : Monterey   
1958 Ferrari 250 GT Coupé1195 GT2019 Bonhams : The Goodwood Festival of Speed Sale $420,000$500,000
1958 Ferrari 250GT Berlinetta0947GT2019 Bonhams : Les Grandes Marques du Monde au Grand Palais $600,000$700,000
1958 Ferrari 250GT Pinin Farina Coupé Series I0975GT2018 Historics @ Brooklands Motor Museum $420,000$460,000
1958 Ferrari 250 GT Cabriolet Série 1 par Pinin Farina0849GT2018 Artcurial : Retromobile $7,000,000$9,000,000
1958 Ferrari 250 GT Series I Cabriolet1079 GT2018 Gooding & Company : Scottsdale, Az. $7,000,000$8,500,000

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